I set to sea as a country lad To make a dream come true A full-blown wind took her hard astern That blew from timbuktu We went down like and anchor chain I thought that we would drown Swam belly up and cried like hell Well ya can't hold a good man down! I rode like billy-o Made the scilly isles Ended up in the rose and crow Drank the night away Seems like yesterday When we went down Now were! Way-yo! Can't blow the man down! Way-yo! Can't blow the man down! Hey-yo! Can't hold the man Hold the man Down Boys! Hold this man down! Was devils torment tack and rum That kept the fear at bay But a navy sail on the starboard bow Was getting in our way Our broadside rained like a fire from hell We made the beggars pay But we did not see the giant wave That took our keel away So in the drink we go Sink or swimmy - oh Davey jones tried to take us down Wreckage drift away Soggy castaway Runnin a-ground Repeat chorus I landed on a desert isle And stowed aboard a sail Made a life as a cabin boy Until we hit the whale! Now were! Way-yo! Can't blow the man down! Way-yo! Can't blow the man down! Hey-yo! Can't hold the man Hold the man Down Boys! Hold this man down! Hold this man down